So, I'm not going into many details, but I will give you the gist of what's happening. My family moved to NY from NC about 6 months ago. My brother was given a plane ticket from here back to NC on Christmas by my parents, so he could see his friends again (we've driven back as a family every few months, but this was the first time for him to go by himself). Less than 12 hours after he landed, he said he was staying. Thing is, he's 17. So, obviously we can't really let him stay, fail high school, and ruin his life. So we've been trying all week to get him to get on his flight back, which was supposed to take off an hour ago. He didn't get on. To top if off, my drugged up aunt (who dropped back into our lives 2 years ago after a breakdown) and grandmother (who never had much time in our lives, by her choice) have convinced him that my parents are abusive and that he's mentally ill, and that's it's best for him to stay with them, after a week of telling us that they were trying to get him on the plane. I'm too fucking... drained, basically, to write for a while. Maybe forever. I just can't even think about anything else at this point. I'm sorry, I'll put it as hiatus, but don't be surprised if I take it down forever sometime in the future.